úú captured. as diplomats push for the release of three american hikers detained in iran their families worry for their safety. >> my husband and i, our only concern is for the health and welfare of josh, shane, and sarah. mystery solved. questions about what happened to gulf war pilot scott speicher are finally answered nearly two decades later. it's clunker chaos in washington. the popular program has revved up auto sales, but now it's

broke. will the senate step in to give it a jump start? and your letters to the president. >> these letters, i think, do more to keep me in touch with what's happening around the country than just about anything else. >> a behind the scenes look at how president obama keeps in touch with everyday americans "early" this monday morning, august 3rd, 2009. captioning funded by cbs good morning. i'm harry smith along with maggie rodriguez in new york. julie is in los angeles. good morning, julie. >> good morning, guys. >> good morning to everybody out there on this monday. we've got a little breaking news for you. an airplane a continental airlines flight that was going from rio to houston has been diverted to miami. it hit some turbulence. some people were pretty badly shaken up. we'll have details on that in the news block in yuft a bit.

also this morning, a very important "healthwatch" for parents. a new study shows that most american children aren't getting nearly enough of a vitamin that's crucial to everybody, especially to kids. researchers were so surprised by how little kids were getting, they were convinced they had the numbers wrong, and they had to run them again. our dr. jennifer ashton is here to tell us what foods kids should be eating and why they might want to skip the sun block once in a while. also coming up it is a big day here in los angeles for the family of michael jackson. the battle over who will control his financial empire gets under way in a court hearing later this morning. also at stake, who will officially end up with custody of his three children? we're going to bring you all the latest on that. harry? >> thanks very much julie. first, diplomatic moves are being made this morning to help free the three american hikers detained in iran. but because the u.s. has no official diplomatic relations with that country, swiss officials have stepped in and are trying to find out exactly

where the americans are being held. cbs news correspondent liz palmer is in london with the latest. liz, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the four young americans had been traveling in eastern turkey and then they crossed into northern iraq into a mountainous but quite wild area that attracts a lot of tourists from the region. on thursday three of the travelers, joshua fattal shawn bauer, and sarah shourd took a taxi to the resort of ahmad awa to see a waterfall near the border of iran and iraq. shon meckfessel the forth member of the group, a linguistic student who studied in seattle, stayed behind. >> he had a cold so he didn't go with him. >> reporter: according to an iraqi official mack fesseckfessel got a message saying his friends had been detained. in pennsylvania joshua fattal's mother is anxiously awaiting news.

>> my husband and i, our only concern is for the health and welfare of josh shane, and sarah. >> reporter: iranian state television has now confirmed that three americans were detained after entering iran illegally. it's even quoting iraqi sources saying they were connected with the cia. now, as you mentioned harry, swiss officials are looking into it. they represent america's diplomatic interests in tehran. they're obviously very keen to find out what the iranians are going to do with the three young americans. >> elizabeth palmer in london this morning, thank you so much. here's russ at the news desk. >> good morning, harry, maggie. breaking news this morning. a continental airlines jet was forced to make an emergency landing in miami after encountering severe turbulence. six were injured, four of them seriously. standing by with the latest is sharrie williams. >> reporter: this all developed about 5:46 this morning, this plane, this international flight making an emergency landing at

m.i.a. because of the strong turbulence. we talked to miami-dade fire rescue here and they told us 26 people confirmed to be injured. as you mentioned before 4 have been transferred to local hospitals. we know this flight is flight 128. it left rio de janeiro last night just after 10:00. it was heading to houston, bush intercontinental airport, but of course that did not happen after this jet hit some strong turbulence in the air. it was diverted here to m.i.a. at this point, we do know that this aircraft is a boeing 767. again, it left rio de janeiro last night in the hopes of making it to houston this morning, but it was diverted here to miami after it hit the strong winds in the air. 26 people at this point we know have been injured, and 4 of them transferred to local hospitals. the majority of them were treated on the tarmac at m.i.a. and this flight holds 168 passengers, and they are still on board is what we're being told. that is the very latest that we have here.

russ? >> sharrie williams, thank you very much. it is now 7:05 let's go back to l.a. and julie. >> thanks russ. in other news the cash for clunkers program may be on life support, but it is so popular it helped push ford over the top. the automaker posted its first monthly sales increase in two years. but will the senate slam the brakes on the program later this week? cbs news transportation correspondent nancy cordes is in arlington, virginia with the very latest. good morning, nancy. >> reporter: good morning, julie. cash for clunkers needs a cash infusion this week or it will have to be suspended at least temporarily. the house of representatives okayed another $2 billion for funding on friday but there's no guarantee the senate will do the same. potential customers packed into dealerships again this week en rushing to trade in gas guzzlers for big rebates before the government could pull the plug. >> people were what's happening? we hear it's stopping.

we don't know it's stopping. >> reporter: the on again/off again program faces a critical test this week in the senate where many republicans oppose spending another $2 billion to keep it going. >> we're helping auto dealers while there are thousands of other small businesses that aren't getting the help. >> reporter: some democrats are skeptical too. they want tougher, greener mileage requirements. and even if the bill can muster enough support, there's no guarantee senators will have time to vote on it before their august break begins on friday. >> the administration's going to have to twist some arms to get this through because they're saying that if it's not done by midweek, this program could be suspend. >> reporter: and the senate's got a packed schedule this week. they're voting on whether to confirm sonia sotomayor for the supreme court. they're also voting on a big tourism bill. and republicans may try to stall on cash for clunkers. this program is running for now, but it has a very uncertain future maggie. >> cbs' nancy cordes in

arlington, virginia. now from cash to clunkers to the bulls on wall street. july was a very strong month for the dow, the best in 20 years, in fact. what does that mean for the big picture? cbs news correspondent bianca solorzano is at the new york stock exchange with the latest. >> reporter: july definitely treated wall street well. auto sale numbers are due out later today. and we are learning that ford saw its first monthly sales increase in nearly two years. but are they actually signs the economy is turning around? it was hot news on wall street last week. stocks finished out july sizzling. the dow was up more than 8.5% scoring its best july since 1989. one of the reasons, the country saw positive signs of stabilization through july. new home sales are up. jobless claims are down. and a recent gdp report shows slowing decline. the white house says we're seeing signs of an economic turnaround.

>> the actions this administration have taken have been very effective in helping stabilize conditions. >> i'm pretty sure we've already seen the bottom. >> reporter: but with plenty of negative factors still looming, is the end of the recession really anywhere in sight? >> this is really a band-aid approach by simply printing money. this is not done. this has not played out yet. >> reporter: so july may have brought good news but we'll have to wait and see what august brings. and of course the many many months ahead. maggie? >> cbs' bianca solorzano. thank you, bianca. joining us from stamford connecticut, is liz sonders, chief investment strategist for charles schwab and company. good morning liz ann. please speak to those at home who are hearing the recession is over and the recovery has begun but are saying, i still don't have a job. i'm strapped for cash. it doesn't feel like things are

turning around. >> first of all, let's understand what the bureau that dates recessions does. we won't find out for quite some time. it's usually more than a year. they go back with the benefit of hindsight, and the point where the economy stops rising and starts to fall is the beginning of the recession. at the point where the economy stops falling and starts to rise is the end of the recession. think about what that point is when the economy stops falling and starts to rise. it hasn't risen yet. we're really at the bottom at that point. so when you're in that moment it doesn't feel good to most people even if indeed technically the recession is over which i do think it is. >> the unemployment numbers sure don't make it feel like we're out of the woods. historically do unemployment numbers lag behind in an economic recovery? do they take a bit to catch up? >> it depends on what employment statistic you're talking about. the unemployment rate yes, a very lagging indicator. it has never peaked inside a recession. it has always peaked at the end or more typically, well after. however, unemployment claims

those weekly numbers we get -- if you look at a four-week average of initial unemployment claims, they're down by about 100,000 from the recent peak. we have never still been in a recession at that point. that's one of the leading jobs indicators. the unemployment rate is the most lagging of the jobs indicators. >> so given where you think we are right now in our economic recovery, what is the takeaway for the average joe? what should i at home be doing to take advantage of the opportunities, if there are any, right now? >> i think the takeaway is historically and in general, you tend to see a recovery have a relationship to the downturn, that the tougher the downturn the bigger the pop you get coming out. i think it's not going to be much different this time. i think what we really have here is a coiled spring. a coiled spring for inventories. a coiled spring for jobs. a coiled spring for production. all of which feeds into one another. i think it's going to take a while for it to be felt broadly, but we're going to start to see

it in things like inventories. cash for clunkers is a perfect example of that. we're going to see it then in the production that's needed to ramp up to build those inventories. that feeds into jobs which feeds into confidence. i think we're not going to see all that different a cycle this time. >> in other words, patience everybody. >> patience always. >> liz ann sonders, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> dave price is off this morning, so lonnie quinn from "the saturday early show" is here. the unsettled weather the sunday it's all associated with a cold front. good news is that cold front has pushed into the ocean. it's raining on the fishes. northeast, pretty good looking day. as you push west into detroit, chicago, st. louis, thunderstorms today. and then when you head west of the mississippi river, there's a big strong high pressure system in control, giving you lots of sunshine out there. i will say going to be hot around the southwest. going to be hot in the southern

>> that is going to do it for weather. you make it a great day wherever you are. i hope you guys have a great day as well. >> thank you, lonny. >> i'm feeling better already. coming up next the final chapter in the 18-year mystery of captain scott speicher shot down in the first day of the gulf war. plus a meeting on michael jackson's estate. we'll find out who wants what. and vitamin d and kids. what every family should know.

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for 18 years the family of captain michael "scott" speicher never gave up hope. he was shot down on the first night of the 1991 gulf war, but his family never knew what happened to him. now they finally have some answers. cbs news correspondent kimberly dozier is in washington with the latest. kim, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, harry. pentagon pathologists confirm that bone and dental fragments they found are those of captain speicher's. they made a discovery after a tip from the rockies. it's been almost two decades since navy captain michael "scott" speicher's plane

disappeared over iraq just two hours into the gulf war. after years of dead end leads, an iraqi led them to the burial site near the wreckage of his jet. the iraqi said he died in the crash. >> he remembered the plane going down, and he remembered the bedouins burying the body. >> reporter: captain speicher was first declared killed in action. without remains, doubts grew. a decade after he disappeared, officials changed his status to missing in action. after the fall of baghdad, troops scoured iraqi prisons looking for evidence. all they found were the initials "mss" carved on the walls, leaving investigators to wonder if michael "scott" speicher had been held here. in the captain's hometown of jacksonville, florida, they kept up the campaign to continue searching. the family has thanked the navy for never giving up. president obama has saluted the family and said he hopes that this gives them closure. harry? >> kimberly dozier in washington, thanks. joining us now from jacksonville florida, is

speicher family spokeswoman cindy laquidara. good morning, cindy. >> good morning. >> first off, tell me exactly where you're sitting. it looks like a very impressive place. >> i'm sitting outside the jacksonville veterans memorial wall. >> this speicher family has waited so long for some real news some truthful news about what happened to captain speicher. what has been the reaction? what has been the emotional response? >> well of course there's sadness at scott's passing. that of course is normal and expected, and we've been preparing for either a joyful reunion or the sadness of his passing. there's pride in the country for doing what we always knew could be done which is locating captain speicher. and then there's, frankly, a bit

of anxiousness of closing this matter, how are we going to get all of these details wrapped up? and that's partly my job. >> what does it mean though to have the evidence of the truth? because i know this family has pushed so hard to not let this case go unclosed. >> all this time it was just the family really fighting a bureaucracy. it was buddy harris taking all of his time and effort and getting to know this information, all the intelligence. it was retaining our own intelligence people when we needed to. and i think at this point there's a certain level of exhaustion but a certain level also of accomplishment. they did succeed in setting up a new intelligence unit so that when one of our men or women is snatched there's now an intelligence unit that understands the community in which they're taken and knows how to begin getting them.

so they've accomplished a lot in addition to bringing scott home. >> it's a long, long journey. cindy, thank you very much for taking the time this morning. do refreshappreciate it. >> thank you, sir. still to come a behind the scenes look at how your letters make their way to president obama. this is "the early show" on cbs. >> announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by lendingtree.com. control your financial destiny. get started at the all new lendingtree.com. ♪♪ there's the other stuff.

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welcome back to "the early show." coming up in our "healthwatch ♪ later this morning, we've got a new study showing that most american kids don't get nearly enough vitamin d in their diet. they would have to drink four glass a day of either fortified

milk or orange juice to get enough. dr. jennifer ashton is here to tell us what we need to know. julie, they found that newborn infants are at the biggest risk of vitamin d deficiency. you'll want to hear it. also coming up straight ahead, one battle gets under way while another has been decided. we'll have the latest on the fight over michael jackson's estate. hello again, it is 25 minutes past 7:00. with clouds and sun over head this morning. sharon will have the latest on your morning run after the weather. >> dramatic clouds to be honest, just a little sunshine on the cityscape. take a look at the forecast day, a decent a sunshine, i can't rule out a dad bit of fog over the next hour or so. 88 will be the high. and now over sharon gibala. traffic control. >> no delays but we have an accident 95 northbound at 543 riverside parkway blocking

the northbound ramp, a tractor-trailer and passenger vehicle involved. an accident involving a pedestrian in the city on west baltimore at south chaplain street. and down wires at pikesville, greensburg avenue hillside road. downed wires an issue in pasadena on bedford road between grenada and clover hill. take geneva instead. the west side is wide open, no problems at 295 and 175. if you have suffered a personal injury call the cochran firm, or cochranfirm.com for a free consultation. in the news this morning, no real need for speed, baltimore county lawmakers are deciding it it's time to bring speed cameras to the school zones. mary bubala is live. >> reporter: local jurisdictions are deciding where to place speed cameras and if they want them. baltimore county police want 12 or more speed cameras installed

on streets near schools. some argue revenue is the motivement police say they are focused on public safety. getting caught speeding by a camera, drivers could face a $40 fine, but the speed violation would not add points to the driving record. if passed they will start installing the cameras in baltimore county around school zones on october 1st. don back to knew baltimore city police are looking for who gunned down two people on the west side over the weekend on the 800 block of allendale road. an 18-year-old was shot in the back and later died at shock trauma. another man was shot in the leg. the gunman fled the scene in a white van. a new report says the pilot of the helicopter that crashed in western maryland last month was warned about bad weather before taking off. the ntsb says the pilot received warnings about fog and lightning. the june 23rd crash killed all four people on board. two dozen people working for the university of maryland system will find themselves without jobs. university officials are laying off two dozen workers and

freezing hiring. the system is trying to cut $40 million from next year's budget. these cuts will save $12 million. stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station. up next the courts will get involved in the michael jackson's legacy this week. plus the octomom, regrets, why she says

we are starting the week with a lot of enthusiasm out here on our plaza. welcome back to "the early show," everybody. happy monday. coming up we have an exclusive look for you at the first in a series of videos that take us inside the white house behind the scenes. today we're looking at the white house correspondence department that handles tens of thousands of letters every day. they're going to show us how the

letters make their way to president obama's desk why they choose some and not others and we also learned that bo the first dog, has his own mailbox. it doesn't say bo. you know what it says? "dog." >> first dog. >> it just says "dog." >> and nadya suleman, it must be two or three days since she's been in the news. the so-called octomom has opened up with the biological father of all of her children. she also is talking about having second thoughts -- can you imagine? having second thoughts over having so many children. we'll have that for you in just a little bit. first, here's julie. it's a big day for the jackson family as court hearings dealing with issues of custody and the late singer's estate get under way in los angeles later today. cbs news correspondent ben tracy has a preview. >> reporter: katherine jackson is expected to leave court today as the legal guardian of michael's three children. a custody agreement between the 79-year-old and debbie rowe the

biological mother of two of the kids must first be approved by the judge. there have been concerns regarding joe jackson's role. he has been accused of abuse by other family members, including michael. >> he's not living in los angeles. he will not be raising the children. >> reporter: far from settled is the issue of who will manage michael's money. his estate's estimated value is $500 million, according to court documents. katherine's attorney says the figure is much higher. >> a couple of billion dollars. we're talking about the most rich intellectual property assets in entertainment assets ever. >> reporter: katherine jackson now wants to be named an executor of the estate but in a will from 2002 jackson names attorney john branca and music executive john mcclain as his executors. according to an attorney jackson is concerned that branca is too tight with aeg, the promoters of jackson's concerts. >> there's no conflict.

he doesn't represent aeg. he doesn't represent sony records. >> his advisers should be much more forthcoming from transparents, because at the end of the day, it's about what's in the best interests of michael jackson's children and his mother and other beneficiaries. >> reporter: the battle over jackson's millions or billions is likely to continue long after today's hearing. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> joining us now is cbs news legal analyst lisa bloom. lisa good morning. >> good morning. >> what can we expect to hear in court today? what arguments should we expect to be heard? >> katherine jackson's attorneys are going to say the executors have not been forthcoming with her, that there are particular assets that she's been kept in the dark about, most especially that aeg concert contract has not been turned over to her. and the executors' attorneys say, well that's a confidential agreement. she has to agree to confidentiality. she hasn't done that so she's not entitled to it. >> does she have a right to have access to all these documents that she wants?

i mean if she's not named by her own son in the last will we know of as an executor does she have a legal foot to stand on? >> you put your finger right on it because michael could have named her as an executor and he didn't. he named a music industry executive and the attorney which makes more sense because we're talking about pretty complicateded financial and legal dealings. but she takes 40% under the will. she's a beneficiary. she's entitled to a certain amount of financial information. the judge will decide exactly how much and under what conditions today. >> okay. is this going to be a tough case for her to prove? >> well it will. and one interesting issue is there's a no contest clause in the will. if one of the beneficiaries like katherine contests a material aspect of the will and loses, that person takes nothing under the will. so her attorney has to be very very careful. right now they're just saying we don't like the way this stuff is being handled. they're not contesting the material part of the will. and they have to keep very very careful to toe that line and not contest something more significant. >> because if she does, then

wasn't it written in michael jackson's will anyone contesting this will be automatically cut from the will? >> that's right. that's the no contest clause. it's a standard provision in the will, and that will be enforced. >> let's talk about the custody battle. i thought that katherine jackson and debbie rowe had come to an agreement that katherine gets custody but debbie rowe gets visitation. >> that's right. >> if the two ladies agree, what's going to happen in court? just like rubber stamp of approval? >> just about. the judge does have to look out for the best interests of the children. look katherine was named as the number one guardian of the children under the will. nobody is going to be contesting that today. i assume the judge will support that decision and not contest it any further. >> okay. anything else that we're missing that we didn't discuss that we can expect today? >> you know what that's an interesting point because anything can come up at these hearings. they're wide ranging, something brand new that hasn't been reported could be happening today. so stay tuned. >> we will. lisa bloom, thanks so much. now let's check in with lon

lonnie for another check of the weather. >> a stormy monday today from madison, wisconsin, to chicago, to st. louis, missouri typical story. whenever you get the clash of the warm air and cool air, you'll get severe weather out there. we're talking about heavy rain danger jers lightning and damaging winds, and even tornadoes out there. the bigger picture is going show you outside that front in the midsection of the country, we only have one other front we're dealing with anywhere and now it's pushing off the edge of the eastern seaboard. but look towards the it's pretty foul looking morning, but the fact of the matter is here is first warning doppler, there is not a whole lot out there. i'm going to go live to the doppler scan for you. it's just a big ground clutter pattern at this point around dc and the area. so wow, like somebody saw fireworks over the bay though. forecast day includes most fireworks, no thunderstorms. can't rule out fog over the next hour or so. generally sunny skies, going to

go for a hugh any high of 88 >> you know what i'm thinking about this if you are walking your way out to the west coast, by the time you hit the pacific northwest, hot again, guys temperatures in the triple digits. they're stealing the northeast summer in the pacific northwest. >> that's what happened to it. >> they're probably more than willing to give it back. >> i'm sure they are. beginning today, the obama administration is giving americans a behind the scenes look into the inner workings of the white house. this morning we have an exclusive look at how the letters of every day americans make their way to the president's desk. >> these letters, i think, do more to keep me in touch with what's happening around the country than just about anything else. some of them are funny. some of them are angry. a lot of them are sad or frustrated about their current situation.

>> we get 65,000 paper letters every week. our job is to take all that information and respond individually to all those folks so they know that the president is listening. >> it gives you a sense of what's best about america. inspires you and makes you want to work that much harder to make sure that spirit is reflected in our government. >> and the interesting thing is the president says he ends every day by getting a sheaf of these letters and reading through. they've been very specifically culled so they represent different people from different places in the country and different concerns. that sure would be a very sobering set of documents to look at. >> we've heard him mention the letters in news conferences. he brings them to cabinet meetings to show us examples. and jason, the director of video from the white house this morning, he says there's no limit to things we'll make. in the future you can look at

behind the scenes at state dinners, interesting jobs like butlers, calligraphers, speechwriters. so you can get an inside look at the white house, go to whitehouse.gov/video. >> sounds like transparency in motion here. i wonder if one day they would ever post on this website all the letters. can you imagine? if you had access to all the letters that people are writing in? >> that would be a heck of a job. >> that would be one big website. >> all right. coming up next we're going to talk about why the so-called octomom nadya suleman is having second thoughts. (announcer) look closely at depression. what do you see? what do you feel? sadness. loss of interest. what do they see? what do they feel? depression hurts. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a prescription medication

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mother of octuplets nadya suleman is speaking out, saying she's having second thoughts about having the babies and giving new details about the biological father. cbs news terrell brown is here with the latest. good morning. >> and for the first time we're really begin to go hear the word regret, giving us a little more insight than we've heard before. in an exclusive interview with

"us weekly" magazine suleman said she never thought all the embryos implanted would take leaving her with eight new babies in addition to the six she already had. the regrets may have begun this night, nadya suleman coming home from the hospital running the paparazzi gauntlet. soon afterward, a panicked call to the police. >> they're trying to break down the garage door. we pulled in here, and they're swarming the whole area. >> reporter: now in an exclusive interview with "us weekly" magazine suleiman says she's having regrets, saying in hindsight they would have done things differently. >> she said in the beginning it wasn't her intention to have eight children at once all along. >> reporter: suleman said all 14 of her children were created by in-vitro fertilization. she used the same sperm donor. >> it was someone she had gone on a date with, but it didn't turn out to be romantic. >> reporter: after having six children, she asked the donor for help again. he refused. without permission she asked

doctors to implant embryos leftover from the twins. she didn't tell him until a week before giving birth. >> she said that one of her great regrets is after having the kids he is no longer a part of their lives. >> reporter: even more difficult for suleman, trying to provide for all of these kids. with $30,000 in monthly expenses suleman signed a deal for a reality tv show. it's this constant search for a big payday that's brought charges of her exploiting the kids even endangering their welfare. >> we wanted her to succeed, bup unfortunately, how can she be succeeding harry, if she rarely comes in to even feed the babies except when the cameras are rolling? >> and nadya suleman says she's also writing a memoir. just last week a court-appointed guardian sent to the kids to make sure her earnings from the reality tv series go to them and not to suleman. still a lot of controversy here and still trying to figure out how exactly she is going to pay to take care of these kids. by the way, $30,000 expenses we were just talking about a month

for the kids. >> 14 kids. and i know gloria allred who we saw in your piece, was a big proponent of the court-appointed guardian because they're going to make $250,000 per child for this reality tv show. now that money is protected. up ahead, the surprising link between vitamin d and your family's health. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. when morning comes in the middle of the night [ rooster crow ] it affects your enti day.

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in this morning's "healthwatch," a new study says your child is probably not getting enough vitamin d. our dr. jennifer ashton is here with the details. how much vitamin d should our kids be getting a day? >> the american academy of pediatrics is saying 400 ius or units a day. that's just the way it's measured. a lot of experts say it should go up to 800 or 1,000 per day. if you have any questions, you should check with your child's doctor.

the recommendation is probably going to go up. >> i have no idea what that means as a mom. how do i know how much 400 ius should be? >> most labels contain it on the back, and you can find it on the internet. you want to look for good sources of vitamin d because, again, children aren't playing outside as much. and if they are deficient or insufficient in vitamin d, it can impact everything from their immune system to their bones. we have some examples which you and i are familiar with giving our own kids. things like milk you can get 100 ius per glass. this is a good way to sneak it into a kid's meal. you have something like a salmon burger which contains 350 ius. you have tuna casserole, which has 200 units, and you can sprinkle cheese on top and get a little bit more. my kids love this. the fruit smoothies, which you can get 16 ounces and about 120 ius. again, as one part of their day, it's a great way to get the source in. >> jen, thank you. another important footnote if children are exclusively breast fed, they're not getting enough

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hello, again. it's 5 minutes before 8:00. sharon will have the rush hour, the first day of the new month. in the forecast today, very typical august 3rd. we're going to lose that fog in the morning line here over the next couple of hours. the sunny skies, seasonal conditions. cloudscloudscloudsuds this morning starting to break up, even as we speak.

over to traffic control now. hi, sharon. thank you very much. in the news thorngs, local lawmakers can decide if it's time to bring speed cameras to baltimore counsel ti. it's the first. >> reporter: lawmakers gave the

approval to the speed cameras in school zones and construction sites and now local jurisdictions are deciding where they want to place them. baltimore county wants to see 12 or more installed on streets near schools. some argue revenue not safety is the true motive. but police say they're focused on public safety. drivers could face a $40 pine r fine. if passed they will start installing the cameras in school zones october 1 st. a new survey suggests lobbying is recession proof. lobbyists made nearly $25 million during the six-month period. researchers say nearly a dozen earned $500,000 or more. and it's time to get out the rods and reels. the white marlon open begins. it runs through this friday.

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his final years were filled with turmoil. why did michael jackson believe they were some of his happiest? we'll talk to his biographer about the king of pop's last days. they're back. it's shark week and our intrepid reporter got up close and personal with some of the powerful predators. >> everywhere you look there's another one, one bigger than the next. and guinea pigs rule at the box office. >> oh man.

>> but should they rule at your home? what you need to know before your kid wants a furry little friend of their own, "early" this monday morning, august 3rd, 2009. the police well represented this morning as we welcome you to "the early show" on this beautiful monday morning. good morning, julie. >> good morning, harry, good morning, maggie. >> good morning. there was so much good information in the vitamin d segment, but there's mor of it. we need to tell you how much time your kids should be spending in the sun, why they should wear sun block, and why

you should really pay attention to the recommendations. there are some serious findings in this study that we want all of you to know about. plus remember what "101 dalmations" did for dalmations. everyone wanted to buy one as a pet. >> yes, over christmas, and it turned out they were not good for kids. >> now they're worried this new movie "g-force" because it features guinea pigs prominently, that everyone is going to want one as a pet. there are things you need to know about guinea pigs before your kids start asking for one. dr. debbye turner bell is here. and also "prevention" magazine issued their defy your age beauty awards. we'll show you what products can help you look younger for under $50 a bottle. first, let's head over to russ at the news desk. good morning again, russ. >> good morning, julie. good morning, everybody. a continental airlines jet made an emergency landing in miami after encountering severe

turbulence. continental flight 128, a boeing 767, was en route from rio de janeiro to houston when it hit turbulence was diverted to miami international airport. 168 people were on board, 26 were injured, 4 of them seriously. most suffered bumps and bruises. the wildly popular cash for clunkers auto rebate program is running on fumes. the obama administration says the original $1 billion in funds will be used up by today. the house approved another $2 billion last week and the senate will vote this week. the original deal led to the sale of 250,000 new vehicles. tomorrow chrysler will drop its offer to double the government's rebate. in iran there's still widespread anger over the disputed presidential election, but the country's supreme leader got the last word this weekend. ayatollah khamenei approved mahmoud ahmadinejad's victory. the swiss embassy is doing everything it can to support the

release of three americans held in iran. they were hiking in a popular area of northern iraq on friday and apparently didn't realize they had crossed the border. their last message to a friend who had stayed behind in iraq we are surrounded by armed men. and a cbs news poll out this morning finds that most americans think that michael jackson's legacy will be his music, not his offstage problems. about two-thirds of those polled 66%, say that jackson will be remembered most for his music. just 24% said it will be for his personal issues. right now katie couric has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> good morning. this popular offroad vehicle is linked to a disturbing number of injuries and even death. why are there no government safety standards? what you need to know before getting behind the wheel. an exclusive cbs news investigation, this week only on the "cbs evening news." now back to "the early show." >> it is 8:04 on this monday morning.

lonnie is out on the plaza with another check of the weather. what are you looking at? >> this is my new friend miguel. miguel is from venezuela. he came to the united states dadadanine years ago. in that time you've become a big fan of "the early show." >> yes. >> miguel knows a lot about math. i want to show you these cubes that he's making. get this picture here. mag, there's your face on a little cube. harry there. dave is right there. and, you know, he makes these in all different sizes. like he said you're a bit of a mathematician when you do this. can i see this one as well? this is obama and his story, right? break that apart for me real quickly. it just shows you he cuts these things precisely, puts them all back together and makes that cool little cube out of it. as of right now, "the early show" is immortalized on one of these groovy little cubes. that's kind of neat, right? i think it is. let's take a look at some weather out there. the southern plains into texas, the heat returns. i am not about to tell you you

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>> good morning, julie. i think you just told my age, but that's okay. >> i'm sorry. hopefully, people aren't too good with the math this morning. the updated portion of your book is just known simply as "the final years," and you describe those final years as michael jackson's happiest years of his life. why? >> you know i talked to him twice during those final years, julie. you know, those are the years that he got to spend with his kids. those were the years that he was not focused on his career but he was focused on his family. it was really the first time in his life that being number one on the charts and being number one in the performance industry was not his main concern. and thank goodness you know that he had those years with his kids. i think in many respects those were his best years. but that said julie, you know he was an addict and he became a real addict during those years and never really recovered. >> you're talking about painkillers? >> yeah. >> how did that start? >> you know i think it really started after the trial in 2003. i mean, he had a dependency on pain medications prior to that time but after the trial -- and

you and i talked about that trial many times right here -- the addiction just became so severe. he never recovered from the emotional trauma of that trial. >> when was the last time you talked to michael jackson? >> it was about two years ago. >> and what was his state of mind like then? >> you know he seemed to be happy. he seemed to really be excited about the time that he was having with his kids. and you know in the recent six months he was very very excited about the comeback tour that he was about to do. he really felt that this was his opportunity to -- you know to perform for his children. he said that he wanted to do it while he was young enough to be able to perform and they were old enough to be able to understand what he was doing. >> your first form alinterview with michael jackson was when he was 17 years old, and then up until two years ago hu akyou had access to him countless times, you said. you can't even count how many times you've interviewed him.

to people who never have met him and fans we think he led an odd life. you said it wasn't odd. was it an image he created? he wanted people to think of him that way? >> he was such a nice guy, but he was so conflicted in so many ways and he did compartmentalize his life in many ways that i thought was very interesting. for instance i think people don't know for instance that katherine jackson, michael's mother has never met debbie rowe. i think that's so astonishing considering what's going on right now. when they see each other today, if they do see each other in court today, that will be the first time they ever met, and michael and debbie rowe were married for three years. that shows you how strange his life was. >> why did the two women never meet? is and how would you describe the marriage he had with debbie rowe? >> michael explained to me that debbie rowe was supposed to be a surrogate mother to his children and he never intended to marry her. if he'd had his way, she would be very much like the mother of his third child, blanket, and we wouldn't know who she is.

but because of pressure from his fans and members of his family he did marry her, and she became a public person. >> did michael ever describe to you, did he ever say he indeed is the biological father of his three children? >> yes, he did. >> he stated that fact that he is the dad? >> yes. michael jackson stated that many times that he was the father and, you know i really think that that's -- it's a mystery question, but in so many ways obviously, he was the father. i mean he loved those children. >> provided for them. >> and he cared for them. and as far as they were concerned, he was daddy. >> in the final seconds, describe to me the marriage between him and lisa marie presley. >> you know what that was the real relationship for michael jackson. he had told me so many times that he had such strong emotion and feelings for lisa marie. though many people in the public thought that that was a publicity stunt and something that was a sham in many ways it really wasn't. i've got to tell you julie, that was the love of his life. >> what broke it apart? >> pressure. it's hard to explain.

i wrote about it in my book. it took a lot of chapters. that was something he never really got over. that relationship was something that meant a lot to him. >> did he want children with her? >> that's true. he did want children with her. she didn't want to have a child because she was concerned the marriage wasn't strong enough to last. and she didn't want to she told me have a custody battle with michael jackson over a child. and so he turned to debbie rowe and that's how debbie rowe ended up having his children. >> j. randy taraborrelli thank you. >> great to see you. >> great to see you too. now let's head back to new york and harry. up next we will dive right into our series "shark week" here on "the early show." (music plays) . wellbeing. we're all striving for it. purina cat chow helps you nurture it in your cat... with a full family of excellent nutrition and helpful resources. purina cat

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in partnership with the discovery network, "shark week" on "the early show" begins today. what better way so sink our

teeth into the subject than cbs news science and technology correspondent daniel sieberg went to the bahamas for an up close and personal encounter? >> i should be wearing a shirt that says "bait." good morning, harry. scary powerful predator, those are often words used to describe the ocean's most feared creature the shark. here's another word endangered. in fact a recent study found one-third of all the world's sharks face possible extinction due to overfishing. we decided to take a closer look, a much closer look. 20 miles off grand bahama island at a place called tiger beach, shark expert stuart cove is trying to lure sharks to our boat. >> the tiger sharks are elusive. we're chumming them up. >> breakfast of champions right here. >> reporter: so they cut pieces of fish tossed some onto the surface, lower more to the bottom and stir the rest into a watery mixture. >> here we're pulverizing it and

squeezing a chum slick out behind us. >> reporter: after several hours, it works. >> tiger, tiger, a big one. >> reporter: sort of a strange feeling to think we're going to be going in there with those guys. >> beautiful, perfect. >> reporter: armed with nothing more than a couple of metal batons we dive down 20 feet with about a dozen lemon sharks and one tiger shark, among the ocean's most feared predators. >> once you're in the water with these sharks and you see how beautiful and magnificent they are, the fear quickly dissipates. you become one with them. you know, you become one of their allies. >> reporter: it's a breathtaking sight. at times lemon sharks come towards my leg and veer away at the last second. i've been told it's all about projecting confidence and, of course, not making any sudden movements. at one point a diver needed to push the tiger shark away. it got a little aggressive. fortunately, i was out of the water at that point.

>> they're just everywhere all around you. they're swimming right beside you. they're underneath you. the most disconcerting part is when they're behind you. >> reporter: and such encounters in the bahamas are big business. at stuart cove's dive bahamas, divers head out by the boatload to see sharks every day. >> they're beautiful to watch their motion. they're just very sleek and beautiful to watch. >> reporter: critics say these types of organized dives can disrupt the natural behavior of sharks and introduce artificial levels of food from the baiting. but cove says the bait used is the equivalent of giving the sharks just one grape. >> i don't think we're seriously disrupting them. but what we are doing in a positive way is we are bringing people to these sharks to show them that hey, these sharks are important to keep alive. >> reporter: many researchers agree and hope the dives show that humans are a far greater threat to sharks than the other way around.

>> 250,000 sharks are killed every single day of the year. >> reporter: every day of the year? >> every day. that's through targeted fisheries get sharks for their fins. their fins are extremely valuable. luckily there's still time to save the sharks. we do need to act fairly quickly. >> why should we care if sharks are dying off? being at the top of the food chain, they keep the ocean in balance, keeping control of creatures like rays and smaller sharks that feed on shell fish. granted, they have a tough pr campaign. >> that they do. >> there were a bunch of shark attack victims in washington last week lobying for that very thing to help the endangered sharks. >> that's right. they would say it's not the shark's fault necessarily. they're just in the wrong place at the wrong time. a lot of times it's a case of mistaken identity. >> and were you afraid down there? we did check your body language. >> they can detect your heart rate when you're down there. the shark could probably call me out on this. when you go down a little nervous. you've got to try and relax. nothing you can do. >> julie, i know you love a quiz. we talked about the chances of

being attacked by a shark. here's your animal related fatalities in the united states during the 1990s. what do you think the number one was? >> animal related fatalities? not just sharks all animals? >> elephants? >> dogs. >> dog is pretty good. >> deer. >> number one? >> yes, people running into deers and dying. >> i think you have a better chance of being killed by a falling vending machine than a shark, by the way. >> much greater chance of being hit by lightning, for instance. actually way down is dogs 18 in a year. snakes 15. we did this segment the last year with the pythons down in florida. your chance of being killed by a shark in the united states of america is about -- well in an entire year 0.4 people per year. >> you want to know what i was reminding myself of that over and over again while at the bottom of the ocean. >> i wonder if that was comforting. >> this is america, not the bahamas. it's much higher in the bahamas.

>> i'm glad i found that out now. >> i'm glad you didn't know that then when you were reminding yourself. >> hey, daniel you have that baton. what were you supposed to do with it? how do you know when to use it? are you supposed to swing it or jab it between the eyes? what were you supposed to do with the baton? >> actually, i didn't have the baton, but i was very close to someone who did. >> good job. >> coming up

hello again it is 25 past 8:00. more blue sky out there at the moment. you can see your way clear on your commute. sharon will wrap up the rush after marty does the weather. low to mid-70s right now, going for a high of 88 degrees, once the morning ends, which i call 9:00, i think that's midday, we'll take the chance of fog out. now over to sharon gibala wjz traffic control. good morning. its been a good morning on area roadways, nothing too major at this point.

minor delays, a few accidents. old port road and liberty road, watch for eastern northern parkway at york road and north calvert, and hillside road at green spring avenue and police activity that's going to be rocking north point boulevard in both directions between north lane and track road. delays, there is a look at drive times and speeds on 95 as well as the top and the west side of the beltway not so bad. there is a live look at the west side at national pike. this is brought by len the plumber, experts in wells, water heaters, don back to you. in the news this morning, baltimore county lawmakers are debating bringing speed cameras to school zones. >> reporter: annapolis gave the approval to the speed cameras in school zones and construction sites. local jurisdictions are decide wrong to place them. baltimore county wants 12 or

more speed cameras involved in school zones. police say they are only focused on public safety not revenue. getting caught speeding by a camera, drivers could face a $40 fine but the speeding violation would not add points to your driving record. if passed they will start installing the speed cameras in school zones starting october first. we'll continue to follow it. thank you. a man remains in critical condition this morning after police say he was shot during a break in. it happened at a convenience store in northwest baltimore. investigators say a police officer shot the man in a head after responding to a security alarm on garrison boulevard. the entire incident is under police investigation. west virginia officials have found a fort mead soldier who disappeared sky diving over the weekend. command sergeant hair eye parish's body was discovered near the regional airport. an investigation is ongoing but officials believe the 53-year-old's death was an accident. another big win for the americans at the swimming championships in rome.

michael phelps earned his fifth gold medal in the four by 100-meter medially. the american team not only won the gold, but set another world record for that event. stay with wjz 13 maryland's news station. up next jenny, the summer's newest blockbuster. and vacation volunteers, an attractive option to

that's fun. we've got a tug of war happening on the plaza, chockful of activities on this monday. we have a winner sir. he's happy. >> got a tug of war going on out here. >> welcome back to "the early show." coming up this half hour, we'll have more on vitamin d and children. it's such an important subject.

settle down people. thank you very much. >> they've had their requisite vitamin d, so they're empowered to -- >> apparently. >> -- do the tug of war. >> just one of many benefits and apparent health risks in your child doesn't get enough. also ahead this morning, we'll talk about a growing travel trend as people going out and doing volunteer work during their vacation time. we'll talk to you more about that in a little bit too. good morning again, guys. they are fun. they are furry. and they're starring in a blockbuster movie "g-force." this morning we're going to tell you what you need to know before you get a guinea pig for a pet. first, let's go to russ at the news desk. good morning, russ. >> good morning, julie. good morning, everybody. four people were seriously injured when a continental airlines jet encountered severe turbulence this morning. the jet made an emergency landing in miami. sharrie williams of miami station wfor is in miami with

the latest. >> reporter: quite a scare for the 168 passengers on board the 767 boeing. take a look at the video that we have gathered throughout the morning, the situation still developing. continental airlines flight 128 left rio de janeiro just after 10:00 last night. it was heading to houston, bush intercontinental, but was diverted here to m.i.a. after the aircraft encountered very rough air. at this point, we do know that 26 people aboard the aircraft suffered some minor injuries. of those 26 13 have been transported to local hospitals, and, again, 4 of them have been seriously injured. we know at this point that paramedics had to be very clever in how they assisted these passengers. >> we had to use catering trucks. they have elevators that serve food to the aircraft. we used those elevators to bring the patients down in a safe manner down to the ramp area and onto the transporting units. >> reporter: this was a very

massive operation, you could say. more than 20 ambulances and emergency vehicles here and more than 60 people and personnel awaiting this aircraft when it landed here. as this point, airport officials telling us that these passengers will be cleared here through customs before taking off, and they are scheduled to board a separate aircraft and head over to houston. russ? >> okay sharrie williams of wfor in miami, thank you so much. an investigation is under way in alberta, canada to determine why the stage at a country music festival collapsed during a sudden storm on saturday. one person was killed. about 75 more injured, two critically. actor kevin costner was about to take the stage with his band and narrowly escaped injury. a utah company is accused of making skin sanitizer that's unsanitary. government martials raided claricon's main facility over the weekend. the government says the products contain harmful bacteria and

should be destroyed. we've all seen buildings demolished in seconds with choreographed explosive charges. a building in turkey was dancing to a different tune this weekend. less ballet more rock and roll perhaps. you can see it just fell over in one big piece and tumbled onto its roof narrowly missing other buildings. good news is no one was hurt. it is now 8:33. time to go outside. mr. lonnie quinn with a final check of the weather.h@h@h@h@h@h@h@ lonnie? >> we're getting ready for a big tug of war out here. this is something organized by the police act league of new york city. it's referred to as p.a.l. the kids are all involved. john, you are the president of p.a.l. what exactly is play street? >> we close down city streets and playgrounds, creating safe havens for kids all over the city. it's our 95th year we've been doing this. >> 95 years in new york city? >> 95 years young, i might add. we've got 75 play streets and about 13,000 kids go through our program each and every summer.

it's terrific. >> it's just something to keep the kids out of trouble, keep them involved insomething. nothing like aed good tug of war, right? >> absolutely. keeps the kids safe and helps the communities. >> we've got p.a.l. and play street's team one and team two. are you guys ready to go here? you betcha. are you ready to go? >> yes! >> on my whistle, you've got to get the red beyond one of the cones. guys, one, two, three! [ whistle blows ] >> it's nip and tuck here. looks like team two may be ahead in the lead. it's getting close. we have a -- oh, it's so close. it's inches, inches away. [ whistle blows ] >> we have a winner right here. we're going to weather right now. good job, guys. here's what it looks like out there. we are seeing a cold front push off the eastern seaboard. a much nicer day today for the northeast than what you had on your day sunday. big time storms for the

midsection of the country from chicago to st. louis. the west coast looks beautiful. southwest is guess what hot snp as you look at your day tomorrow we're going to be all right. good morning, let's look at the forecast through the day. we're in the low to mid 707s now, a little humid. sun is starting to come out. busting up clouds, getting rid of the fog. seasonal conditions, high of 88, standard garden variety, 15, 20 per cents chance of an evening widely scattered thunderstorm. patchy clouds, 66, maybe a little fog overnight, burns off tomorrow, mostly sunny, a hot and humid day, august in the city with a high of >> 95 years the police athletic league here in new york city has been doing things just like this to keep kids active and out of trouble during the summer. mags over to you. >> we've got another way to keep kids active and strong give them plenty of vitamin d. a new study says that 7 out of 10 american children have low levels of vitamin d, which

threatens bone and heart health. our dr. jennifer ashton is back with more on this. hello again. >> good morning again, maggie. >> in the previous segment we showed some of the foods fortified with vitamin d. now tell us why it's so crucial that kids get enough. >> let's talk about what the study shows. it came out of the medical center here in new york city. they looked at 65,000 children across all different roots and different ethnic backgrounds across all parts of the country. 7 out of 10 had low or frankly deficient levels which we know can have a series of impacts on our health. basically, what the study shows is the children with lower vitamin d levels had higher top number of blood pressure lower calcium levels because calcium and vitamin d go hand in hand. and they also had the lower hdl, which is the good cholesterol level. and a resurgence of ricketts which we haven't seen for years in this country. a weakening of the bones because children are just not getting enough. >> remind us as you said before.

how much is enough? >> the american academy of pediatrics is saying 400 ius, or units a day. there's only three ways we can get vitamin d, maggie. from the sun, in supplemental form, or with fortified foods. if children aren't playing outside enough or we're using more sunscreen, which is a good thing, and they're not getting it in supplementary form their numbers aren't what they should be. >> i was surprised that some doctors are actually recommending the kids forego the sunblock for a couple of hours in the sun. >> like any topic in medicine there's some controversy here. the good thing about vit hinamin d is you don't have to expose your children to harmful effects of the sun for them to get it naturally. more important, get it through supplements. if you want to get it the natural way, ten minutes twice a week will give you 3,000 units. but if you draw a line from los angeles to south carolina everyone living in the country above that line is not getting enough natural sunlight exposure during a majority of the year to

get the levels that they need. >> if we don't want to incorporate all these foods into our kids' diet, can just taking one vitamin handle all your vitamin d needs? >> my children are 9 and 11. i give them 1,000 units a day in supplementary form. they have vitamin d-3 in the gummy bear form. you have to keep these away from kids because they look like candy. one a day is perfectly fine. >> dr. jennifer ashton thank you. now i feel i know everything i wanted to know about this. over to you, harry. >> thanks maggie. about 100,000 people each year take vacations focused on volunteer work. travel guru peter greenberg is here with more on the increasing popularity of what's called volun-tourism. >> you got it. good morning. >> so what is it exactly? >> it's an opportunity, when you're on vacation either the entire vacation or even part of the vacation to give back to help others. >> is it cheaper than a regular vacation? >> it can be and it can also be more expensive, depending on what you choose to do and where you're going. there's so many literally

2,000-plus volunteer vacations available to you either in this country or overseas. >> some of my family members are retired. they'll go and do a week at habitat or someplace. is that volunteer? >> sure you're help to go rebuild a community, rebuild a home. you can go and watch leatherback turtles rebuild their home that's a thing you can do. >> is there a website or a place you can look to sort of figure out what you best connect to? >> that question was asked earlier. i actually went on just google. when you google it you found so many. that's a great place to start to find that information, and you go from there. >> so i want to go to an underdeveloped country and lend my services. what's the best way to do that? >> one of the places is called airline ambassadors, started by a flight attendant of american airlines 13 years ago, to go and directly give aid to people who need it in this case orphanages around the world. they do sometimes up to ten missions a month. i just came back from one in june to bangkok and cambodia where you're actually working

with the cambodian children's fund and the people working with the kids in the slums of bangkok. you're really helping because you're delivering medical supplies, equipment, and delivering expertise. >> i need some honesty here. this was a worthwhile experience for snu >> i've done it a number of times, absolutely. >> it's not a phony kind of a ride along sort of -- because if you want to do something like that you want to be involved. you want to get your hands dirty. >> this is up close and personal. when you take kids -- it's multigenerational. you take 12-year-old kids who lead a sheltered and privileged life and they're delivering dental kits to these kids and teaching them how to brush their teeth, you think they're going to give grief to their parents after that? no way. >> how about animal lovers? >> in southern utah 33,000 acre ranch, best friends animal society, is home to 1,500 adopted dogs cats horses and birds, and you can actually visit. these are great day trips. we're not talking your immersing

yourself for weeks. it's a great opportunity, stay overnight. it's a great drouktintroductory trip. >> and the one that caught my eye is the american hiking association. i worked on trails in the rocky mountains. it's such a worthwhile thing. you really feel like you're doing something to preserve the environment. >> you're doing this in 30 states. you can clear the trails work on brush, getting physical activity, and help somebody out at the same time. it's a nominal cost. >> what about some people would like to stay in a really great place? >> that wouldn't be you, would it? >> just read it here. want to stay in a great place but do good volunteer work. >> people want that. in spite of this economy and sometime because of it people have guilt trips. >> it's a literal guilt trip. >> it really is. instead of just a spa where you get pampered then you give a day or two back. ritz-carlton has something called give back getaways. everywhere from italy to istanbul to south america, where you can spend an extra day or

two while you're in the hotel, getting out in the community and helping out. not a bad deal. >> one hour off from the spa. peter greenberg, as always thanks so much. for more on volunteer vacations, go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. here's maggie. >> announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by purina. your pet, our passion. the disney movie "g-force" features talking guinea pigs that save the world. it's made more than $66 million at the box office. but at the end of the movie when kids beg you for a guinea pig, please mom, is it really a good idea inform bring them home as pets? our resident veterinarian dr. debbye turner bell is here with guinea pigs and advice. good morning. they're very cute. >> they're very cute and very social. >> are they good pets? gl they can make good pets. they have a specialized digestive tract and specialized housing needs. they're not a no maintenance pet. they take more care in some cases than cats and maybe even

dogs. if you're readycommitment and when you're getting a guinea pig for children, the parents will take care of it. they're not good for children. they get up to two pounds and a foot long. you need to have children in the house that can hold them gently like this snuggle them against your chest so they feel safe. little kids are going to poke and pull and do great harm to the guinea pig. >> you told me when i was next to you, please don't make any sudden moves. why is that? >> they're prey animals in the wild. guinea pigs are from south america from the mountainous regions. loud noises sudden movements, they scatter. it scares them. you need it to be gentle and calm have a calm place in the house where there's not a lot of traffic. >> help us understand what it's going to take to take care of them. >> the basic five. proper housing. they need a well balanced diet because most cases guinea pigs die because people don't feed them the right nutrition. they also need a gnawing log because their teeth grow

continuously throughout their life. they need something to keep them snaued down. they need daily cleaning. the cage needs daily cleaning. they need annual at least annual veterinary care because there are diseases they get. >> very few kids i can think of that they would be willing to do all that. >> they're a real pet, not a piece of decoration. >> let's talk about some of the things you brought. can i feed it? >> proper diet for a guinea pig. there we go. you can get a guinea pig chow pelleted food. that's aed goo balanced food for them. they have big vitamin c needs, and their body can't manufacture vitamin c like ours can. they need to be supplemented with green leafy vegetables kale cabbage, broccoli. apples are good. you have to make sure to take the seeds out of it. grapes, that kind of thing. or put vitamin c in their water. >> housing? >> housing is extremely important. you want an ink free nontoxic paper on the bottom because they're going to burrow in it they're going to chew on it and they're going to use the

bathroom. you don't want to use cedar shavings. and a good pelleted food. this is hay. when they get older, up to 20% of their diet will be their hay. timothy grass is a good hay. they're going to burrow in it, eat it, and do their business. this is untreated fruit wood. they need these, very important, because their teeth grow their entire livs lives and they gnaw on things. they need a gnawing log to keep their teeth from growing. >> a proper cage? >> a proper cage. it needs to be big enough for them. you can have a cage that is wire or plastic, not glass. it can be open at the top, just make sure that it's high because these little pudgy things can't climb. so it needs to be high enough for them to get out. and you also need to give them time outside the cage. have a room where they can't chew through wires, can't get into a hole or something, where they can run. they'll bond with you. they'll follow you and squeak and chirp and make noise. they're adorable but they're a

lot of work. >> got that kids? hope so. debbye turner bell thank you. >> my pleasure. >> for more information on guinea pigs go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. coming up next the budget friendly beauty products that can help turn back the hands of time. this is "the early show" on cbs.

they say you get what you pay for. you may be getting a lot more than you pay for when it comes to skin care. rebekah george is beauty director of "prevention" magazine, which just handed out defy your age awards for great beauty products that all sell for under $50. she's here to tell us about the products. >> good morning. >> a lot of people are so skeptical. they're pushing these products for a reason. tell us about how you chose the winners. >> "prevention," we are the anti-aging authority. we wanted to find products that delivered anti-aging ruts. to do that we narrow down every

skincare launch to five semifinalists in seven skincare categoryies categories. we sent them out to a team of dermatologists who tested them on real women for eight weeks. that's how long it takes to notice changes in your skin. to make it scientific, we used a sin analysis machine that detects what's happening in the deep layers of your skin so you can see the results at the beginning and ending of testing. these are true winners. >> results after eight weeks tested by dermatologists. all of them under $50. let's start with the best night cream. >> from roc. this is the multi-correction night cream. it contains vitamin c and the highest doses of retinol over the counter. wrinkles good-bye. >> love it. $25. >> this is olay their age pure lotion. we love it because it contains an spf 30. testers also found it actually

reversed existing sun damage. they had fewer brown coats, and that's because it contains a glucoseamin complex which is a b vitamin. >> lancome contains proxilene which is a sugar molecule that plumps up oxygen production in your lips and keeps them nice and moisturized. >> i know you can buy microdermabrasion over the counter. >> it's a micro-dermabrasion and a peel in one. and it helps them penetrate deeper for better results. >> winner or adult ak necne treatment. >> from avon. this is not your teen's zit

cream. it's taleilored for women who suffer from adult acne. >> eye treatment. >> from dr. dover. >> this is over the counter? >> it's available at cvs. it's fantastic because it contains a syntheticin thetic retinoid. >> finally the best hand cream. >> from newtutrogena. this is an oldie they've recreated this year. it's got one of the best uva blockers. hands are a dead giveaway of your age. this will prevent skin damage. >> these are my favorite segments. we learn so much. for more on the products go to our website, cbsnews.com. now back to the guys. >> we want to say good-bye to julie. we're sending the guinea pigs your way.

>> they'll be like oh, they're so cute. squish. >> and not for embryos. >> how about a dalmation, julie? >> you are -- >> we're bad. >> time-out. i'm giving you a time-out. that's my parenting skills. time-out for you. >> very impressed by ??o

hello again, it is five minutes before 9:00. this first monday of august. not been a bad start. >> skies are finally clearing out. we had some pretty great day start to be honest with you. a little humid, it will be humid through the day. the forecast calls for a high of 88 degrees, in five minutes i'm taking the chance for a little bit of light fog out of the outlook. it's in the mid-70s right now. in the news this morning, baltimore county lawmakers are beginning debate that should end with speed cameras in school zones and other subdivisions

could follow. eyewitness news and mary bubala have the story. >> reporter: annapolis gave the approval to the speed cameras in school zones and construction sites and now local jurisdictions are decide wrong to place them. baltimore county wants to see 12 or more speed cameras installed on streets near schools. some argue revenue not safety is the true motive behind speed cameras, but police say they really are only focused on public safety, getting caught speeding by one of the cameras drivers could face a $40 fine, but the speeding violation would not add points to your driving record. if passed they will start installing the speed cameras in school zones starting october 1st. we'll continue to follow it. don back to. >> speaker 1: thank you very much. new survey suggests lobbying is recession proof. the ethics commission says lobbyists made $25 million during the six month period that included this year's legislative session in annapolis. researchers say nearly a dozen individual lobbyists earn $500,000 or more during that same past year period. two dozen people working for the university of maryland

system will find themselves without jobs. the university officials say they're laying off two dozen workers and freezing hiring. the system is trying to cut $40 million from next year's budget. the cuts mentioned will save $12 million. and bikers beware baltimore county police say motorcycle thefts are on the rise. investigators say crooks are first stealing minivans and using them as a conveyance for stolen motorcycles. there have been six motorcycles taken in the last three weeks. experts are advising people to take extra steps to protect their bikes. and their minivans. wjz food drive just hit one out of the park to combat hunger in the community. we have many family members out collecting non-perishable food items for the orioles weekend series with the red sox. it's part of wjz continuing community commitment. and it was a much rockier day on the field for the birds. they took on boston, wrapping up the series yesterday. in less than two innings, jason

birkin allowed six runs, the birds made a come back with six runs in the third inning. the red sox trumped that, scoring seven runs in the fourth. bottom line the birds lose 18-10, they will play in detroit tonight. stay with wjz 13 maryland as news station. updates all